Cooking apparatus.



No- 853.147. PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

J. R. ADAMS.

COOKING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED .nmn'za, 190s.

WITNESSES INVENTOR Jmesl flda'ma,

fwro ATTORNEYS JAMES ROBERT or. xnidisnx, QWIsooNsIN.

.cooK-me' APPARATUS.

.Specificationof Letters Patent; Appiibation filed June 28,1906. SerlalNo. 323.795.

Patented May 7, 1907;-

.To all w'hrmt zit mag -concern Be it'known that L'JAMn'sRo E-arAnAM's, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, and a resident of Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha-and-State' of Wisconsin, have. invented 'a and p o Cooking A paratus, of which the followingis a full, clear, and'exact dQS C Iiptin I This invention relates to certain improve? ments in containers having thick insulated walls, and ad'aptedto receive 'vessels'of partially cooked food, which after having been brought to boiling point or cooked for a short length dfltime in any suitable manner are. tightly sealed and inclosed Within the insulated was. The heat retained in the yessel afpartially cookedioo'd is thus prevented from being dissipated and the food continues to'o ok for a considerahlelength'oftime. By

sealingthe cooking vessel-before inserting it.

in my improved heat retaining device, the steam'is prevented from escaping to moisten,

warp or-soil the device, and at the'same time longed.

the cooking action isvery'materially pro- Reference'is to be had to the accompanydrawings which form part-of this specification, in which drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding. parts n 'ch'. Y

the several views, and in w Figure 1 is a perspective-view ofthej'cooking agparatus having the cover thereof open; and 1g. 2 is a vertical section on the line-2-2 of Fig. 1.

According to the form oflthe invention here shown, my improved cooking apparatus consists of a box 1 preferably of Wood, although other. suitable non-conducting material, as papier-mach for instance, may be used. 'This box isprovided with a hinged cover 2 ,and both the box and cover are lined; with corrugated or fiuted'paper 3. The cover 2 has alining 5 of fabricwhichis secured to the. walls of the cover by a wooden frame 6,.

' vantageous to secure the fabric 5 by means of Between this fabric and the corrugated paper is interposed apacking' of lass wool orotheri suitable insulating 'materia 4. construct-j ing' the cover it has been found'most adthe frame 6 and then insert'the packinge and corrugated paper 3 through the top of the cover in order that the fabric maybe securelyheld in lacEand-no freeedges exposed.

The hbx l'is rovide'd'with a sheet metal lining having a at upper surface 8 flush with the top ofthe box. This lining is secured in place by; a downwardly extending. flange 9- which may be riveted or otherwise suitably fastened to the walls of the box. From the flat surface 8 of this lining depend a pluralityofwells or nests,each having walls 10 parallel to the walls of the'box, and a bottom 11 parallel to thebottom of the box. The bottom 11 is soldered or riveted to'the Wall, andthe walls are similarly secured to the surface 8 so that the same is airtight and water tight. Between the wells and the walls of the box tion employed in the cover.

In connection with the heat insulating container-above described,l use cooking vessels 12 preferably of. granite or enameled ware which are each provided with compression or friction lids adapted to seal the same air tight,

and retain the steam and the-'flavor of the food. These cooking vessels are suspended and spaced from the walls of the nests by flat handles 14 secured to the vessels near the face 8 of the metallic lining. The covers 13 of the cooking vessels are provided with means whereby' the cover may be hung up .when not in use.

tional. fuel, thus effecting avery material saving. Between the vessel 12 and the outside atmosphere there is first .the air space between thevessel and the well, then the insulating material 4, the corrugated paper 3," and lastly the wooden box 1 which thus form an almost perfect IlOIl 'COIldllCbOI' of heat. Be tween the wellsand the outer walls ofthe box there are no'braces, posts or supports to conduct away the heat, and all the surfaces of p the box are smooth and easily cleaned so that the box mayv be very readily kept in a'sanitary condition, free from'dust, dirt and par-. ticles of food.

It is very evident that my improved device are interposed a layer of corrugated paper Q and a packing of glass wool orother suitable insulating material similar to the constructops thereof and resting upon the upper surrings 15 which form handles to facilitate the removal of the covers, and also constitute too may also be used to keep articles at a low temperature as well as at a high one, for if ice cream or any other substance which it is desired to keep in a cold or frozen condition having the Jtop portion thereof substantially parallel wi h the top of-the container andhaving a vwell depending from said top portion, the walls of said well being spaced from the. walls ,of the container, an insulating material between the walls of said container and the, well, an air-tight vessel suspended within said well and spaced from the walls thereof; said vessel having flat rigid handles extending outwardly from each side thereof and adapted to rest upon the to portion of I the lining and support said vesse out of contact with the we l and a cover for said containe'rhavingaliningsecured to the walls of the cover and a packing of insulating material between the top of said cover and said lining, the lining adapted to contact with the to portion of t e limng to the container and ho d the flat handles of the vessel in place. 2. An insulating receptacle, comprising a container of. non-conducting material, a rigid lining having the top portion thereof levelwith the to of said container and having a plurality 0 wells depending from said top portion, an insulating material between the walls of said container and the wells, an airtight vessel suspended within each of said wells and spaced from the walls thereof, said vessels having fiat handles extending outwardly from each side thereof and adapted to rest upon the top portion of the lining, and a cover for said container havin a flexible fabric lining secured to the wal s of the cover and a packing of insulating material between the to of said cover and said fabric lining, the fa ric linin adapted to cont-act with the flat portion of t e lining to the container and hpld the flat handles of the air-tight vessels in p ace.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES ROBERT ADAMS.

Witnesses:

' HENRY J. HASTINGS, A MATTIE WELSH. 

